Daily Thoughts

Ishvara-Pranidhanad Va …samadhi can be attained quickly through practicing the presence of God. Sutra 1.23, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   The first chapter of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is made up of 51 sutras, or aphorisms. Sutra actually means "string," each of the individual sutras like a single flower on a garland, the whole of them...

It’s all up to you. You are completely responsible for your life. You are the creator. It’s an awesome burden and a great freedom.   It’s all up to you. When you take responsibility for one life, you assume             responsibility for all life. If you fail to take responsibility for your life,            ...

I have been thinking of the difference between water      and the waves on it. Rising, water's still water,       falling back,            it is water, will you give me a hint      how to tell them apart?      Because someone has made up the word            wave, do I have to distinguish it from water?      There is a Secret One...

I am of the nature of Absolute Existence, Absolute Consciousness, and Absolute Bliss. Shri Shankaracharya, Nirvana Shatakam Adi Shankara, the teacher who reinvigorated the study of the Veda in India in the early 9th Century, did something that had never been done before. He brought the teachings of the Veda to the common people,...

I don't think mystics are set apart from ordinary people. They are just better quantum navigators. They journey into the transition zone closer to God, and while we might visit there for a few moments of joy, at most a few days, saints and mystics have found the secret...

The Self, with a capital 'S' is not something you need to pursue-to achieve or try to get. 'Cause that's the way the ego thinks. On the contrary, it's only necessary to remove the barriers. To remove the barriers. To stop identifying with the false self. By inner...

The Upanishad says that words cannot express the Truth, no language can and no words can describe it. In absolute silence when there is no formation of words, which means no formation of thought then perhaps something happens. Sri M “In absolute silence when there is no formation of words…” It is the bane...